Adjustable window blinds



United States Patent 3 Claims. (Cl. 20-452) This invention relates toimprovements in adjustable window blinds, and more particularly to anovel improved assembly of window blinds of the manually adjustabletype.

An object of the invention is to provide blinds of the type which may beadjusted from a lower level, as when the blinds are placed on a basementwindow, the latter being positioned above eye level in a cellar wall.

Another object of the invention is to provide blinds of the Venetiantype which may be adjusted by simple manual rotative movement of a pairof handle controls.

Other and further objects of the invention will appear as thedescription proceeds, reference being had to the accompanying drawing,in which:

FIG. 1 is a front view in elevation of an assembly of adjustable windowblinds embodying the invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view partly in section and partly in elevation.

FIG. 3 is a fragmentary cross-sectional view.

FIG. 4 is a fragmentary plan view of one of the blinds.

.Referring more particularly to the drawing, the numeral refers to thedevice generally, having a pair of upper brackets 11, fastened bythreaded means 12 into the window frame 13, and a pair of lower bracketmembers 14 secured by threaded means 15 on said frame 13. The verticalrods 16 have fixed thereto the circular disc handle members '17. Thevertical rods 16 are held in said bracket members 11 and 14, and thedisc handle members 17 rest on the lower bracket members 14, the latterbeing apertured to retain the lower ends 18 of the vertical rods 16.

Each rod 16 has a plurality of horizontally disposed pins spacedvertically therein. The pins 19 act as retainers against downwardmovement for the blinds 20, each of the latter having a pair of oblongslots as at 21 and 22.

Patented Aug. 8, 1961 In use, the handle members 17 are rotatedsimultaneously, and as the pins 19 rotate, the blinds will adjust as theoperator desires, and accordingly the blinds may be set in any desiredposition.

It will be understood that the device is capable of many modificationsin structure and design, without departing from the spirit of theinvention, within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed and desired to besecured by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. An assembly of slats each having a pair of oblong spaced slots, apair of upper brackets, a pair of lower brackets, a pair of verticalrods held in said brackets and accommodated within the slots of saidblinds, a plurality of pins spaced on said vertical rods to support andspace the individual blinds, and means for rotating said rods to movesaid blinds.

2. An assembly of slats each having a pair of spaced transverse oblongslots therein, a pair of upper brackets, a pair of lower bracketsvertically aligned therewith, a pair of vertical rotatable rods held insaid brackets and accommodated within the slots of said blinds, aplurality of pins spaced on said vertical rods to support and space theindividual blinds, and means for rotating said rods to move said blinds.

3. An assembly of slats each having a pair of spaced transverse oblongslots therein, a pair of upper brackets, a pair of lower bracketsvertically aligned therewith, said brackets being fastened to structureadjacent a window, a pair of vertical rods held in said brackets andaccommodated within the slots of said blinds, a plurality of horizontalpins spaced on said vertical rods to support and space the individualblinds, and circular handle means fixed to the lower ends of said rodsfor rotating the latter.

Thellm-an Mar. 17, 1925 Castle July 28, 1953

